Lux Radio Theatre - Intermezzo

Summary

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Harold's Old Time Radio – Lux Radio Theatre: "Intermezzo"

Date: July 6, 2026
Featured Performers: Ingrid Bergman (Anita Hoffman), Joseph Cotton (Holger Brandt)
Host/Producer: Hal Wallace

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Episode Overview

This episode of Harold’s Old Time Radio features a broadcast of the classic Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Intermezzo. The story, first introducing American audiences to Ingrid Bergman’s immense talent, follows the powerful and bittersweet love affair between a married violin virtuoso and a gifted accompanist, as they are torn between passion, loyalty, and the responsibilities of family.

Hal Wallace, the Hollywood producer, sets the stage for a drama defined by “genius bound by two loyalties and divided by two loves.” The episode is emblematic of Hollywood's Golden Age radio storytelling: lush, emotional, and performed by legendary actors.

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Key Plot & Discussion Points

1. Opening & Framing (01:03–03:49)

• Hal Wallace introduces the production, giving background on Intermezzo, Ingrid Bergman’s career, and the Lux Radio Theatre’s anniversary.
• Notable Quote:

  "Her performance gave us a foretaste of the charm and talent that won this year's Academy Award..." (Hal Wallace, 01:15)

2. Holger's Return Home (03:53–08:36)

• Holger Brandt returns home to Sweden after a farewell concert in New York, accompanied by his long-time accompanist and friend, Thomas Stenborg.
• Touching Family Reunions: Warm greetings from his wife Margaret and children Anne Marie and Eric bring out Holger’s emotional exhaustion and hint at his struggle to reconnect.

Notable Exchange:

Anne Marie: "You played some wrong notes."
Holger: "I did nothing of the kind."
Anne Marie: "Oh yes you did. It made me dizzy."
(09:03–09:10)

3. Meeting Anita Hoffman – The Spark (09:26–13:47)

• Anita, Anne Marie's piano teacher, is introduced, displaying not only musical prowess but also warmth and humility.
• Holger is immediately drawn to Anita, sensing both her talent and vulnerability as a young musician.

Key Moment:

Holger: "With both love and for your flawless friendship. Thank you." (07:04)

4. Domestic Tensions & Dreams (11:38–14:01)

• Holger and Margaret share a quiet, nostalgic conversation about escaping together again as in their youth, but Margaret is rooted in home life and maternal responsibility.

Notable Quote:

"Oh, Holger, can't we do it? Wouldn't you like? I see you're answering me. You might just as well be saying it. I know what it is."
(Margaret Brandt, 34:50)

5. The Growing Relationship & Internal Struggle (16:34–21:46)

• Holger asks Anita to become his accompanist, after hearing her talent, but she refuses, determined to continue her studies and vie for a Royal Academy scholarship.
• Their mutual admiration and the seeds of romantic tension become evident in an after-recital evening.

Notable Exchange:

Holger: "Tell you? I'd rather it had been you up there playing." (17:37)
Anita: "Oh, you're not serious."
Holger: "I certainly... Why don't you accompany me?"
(17:39–17:55)

6. A Forbidden Love Deepens (26:44–32:59)—Act II

• The friendship between Holger and Anita develops into a passionate love affair.
• Both wrestle with guilt and the impossibility of their circumstances.
• Anita’s attempts to withdraw—to study in Denmark and stop lessons with Anne Marie—drive the emotional rift, and the pair attempt, unsuccessfully, to say goodbye.

Notable Dialogue:

Anita: "It's not the way I'd like it to be." (31:34)
Holger: "We've had a few hours of happiness, of friendship. They've been beautiful. Nothing to be ashamed of." (31:42)
Anita: "Look what we feel. Two guilty people." (31:55)

7. Consequences and Sacrifice (33:36–41:51)

• Anita and Holger cannot let each other go, but Holger’s world falls apart: his marriage is broken, and he is estranged from his children.
• Success follows them professionally as they perform together across Europe, but happiness remains elusive—Anita fears her sacrifice of music (for Holger) makes her “a shadow.”

Key Moment:

Holger: "Will that be enough? Always?" (41:00)
Anita: "Yes, always." (41:01)

8. The Moral Choice – Act III (44:36–54:52)

• On the Mediterranean coast, Holger and Anita are sought out by Thomas Stenborg, who brings divorce papers. Holger hesitates, unable to cut ties with his family, while Anita is made painfully aware that Holger cannot be truly content away from his children.
• Anita resolves to leave Holger—“I’ve been an intermezzo in his life.”—to allow him to return to his family and her to her music.

Standout Quote:

Anita: "But we know in our hearts that love like ours is wrong. That it drags itself down with remorse and fear and the unhappiness of others." (54:46)

9. Reconciliation and Forgiveness (57:51–61:34)

• An accident befalls Anne Marie as she rushes to greet her father; in the aftermath, Holger seeks forgiveness from his children and Margaret.
• Their forgiveness is not easily won—especially from Eric—but ultimately Margaret invites Holger home, believing their love can be reborn despite all the pain.

Key Moment:

Holger: "We're all human. Tragically human. And that we, all of us, make [mistakes] right up to the very end of our lives... And when you do, you'll also know what it is to forgive. Perhaps even your father." (59:35)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Artistic Passion:
  "Your flame leaps, Holger. At every breath of life. Some of us glow a while and aren't too regretful when the spark dies down and allows us to rest."
  —Thomas Stenborg (06:08)

• On the sweetness of home:
  "There's better air to breathe in this very room than anywhere else on earth."
  —Holger Brandt (07:40)

• On forbidden love:
  "It's not the way I'd like it to be... We look what we feel. Two guilty people."
  —Anita Hoffman (31:34, 31:55)

• The price of happiness:
  "Do you think anyone has ever built happiness on the unhappiness of others?"
  —Thomas Stenborg (51:26)

• Self-realization and redemption:
  "We're all human. Tragically human. And that we, all of us, make [mistakes] right up to the very end of our lives."
  —Holger Brandt (59:35)

• Hope and forgiveness:
  "Life renews itself, Holger. Things die and are born again in the spring. Our love can live again if we want it to."
  —Margaret Brandt (61:15)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |---------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Hal Wallace Intro & Context | 01:03–03:49 | | Holger Returns Home | 03:53–08:36 | | Anita & Holger’s Early Encounters | 09:26–14:01 | | The Growing Bond: Proposal & Rejection | 16:34–18:43 | | Romantic Realization & Moral Dilemma | 26:44–32:59 | | The Peak – Tour & Emotional Turmoil | 33:36–41:51 | | Mediterranean Interlude & Decision | 44:36–54:52 | | Final Return, Forgiveness & Reconciliation | 57:51–61:34 | | Curtain Call with Stars & Closing Conversation | 62:04–63:46 |

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Epilogue and Curtain Call (62:04–63:46)

• Postscript:
  Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, and Hal Wallace share light banter about Hollywood and luxurious skin care (Lux Soap), reflecting on the collaborative nature of film and radio.
• Next Week’s Preview:
  Announced: next Monday’s broadcast will be "Murder My Sweet" starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor.

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Summary - In the Style of Lux Radio Theatre

Intermezzo (as performed in this episode) is a moving, beautifully crafted radio drama about the profound costs of passion, the duty to family, and the redemptive power of forgiveness. Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton breathe life into a love story “of a provocative and different pattern,” underscored by haunting dialogue and emotionally resonant moments. With the help of steadfast friends, and through heartbreaking choices, Holger Brandt and Anita Hoffman learn the timeless lesson that love, for all its beauty, can also be destructive—but redemption is possible, sometimes even in the spring of life.

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Transcript

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[Narrator/Announcer]

Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton in Intermezzo. Ladies and gentlemen, your guest producer, Mr. Hal Wal.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. The theater is always sentimental about its landmarks. And certainly one of the milestones of the screen was Ingrid Bergman's first American appearance in the picture Intermezzo. Her performance gave us a foretaste of the charm and talent that won this year's Academy Award and established her as one of the outstanding actresses of modern times. Ms. Bergman's on our stage tonight in the same exciting role that launched her Hollywood career. I had the privilege of producing two of Ms. Bergman's pictures. And I've also had the privilege of working with her co star in tonight's cast and watching his meteoric rise to stardom. Joseph Cotton. Earlier in this 10th anniversary season of our theater, we asked you to pick the plays and personalities you wanted most to hear. I'm divulging no surprises when I say that Mr. Cotton and Ms. Bergman were strong favorites on your list. Our play from David O. Selznick's Intermezzo is of course a love story, but of a provocative and different pattern. A story of genius bound by two loyalties divided by two loves. Incidentally, the Lux Radio Theater introduced Ingrid Bergman to the American radio audience when she first returned from Sweden several years ago. Since then, both she and Joseph Cotton have been good friends of our theater, just as you have. We're grateful for that friendship. Grateful too for your loyalty to Lux Soap. Through your continued purchases of this fine product, you've become the real sponsor of this theater. And I think Lux Toilet Soap has its own way of saying thank you in the excellent complexion care it offers. Now our players are in the wings. The curtain rises on Act 1 of Intermezzo, starring Joseph Cotton as Holger Brandt and Ingrid Bergman as Anita. In New York City's famous Carnegie Hall, a violin recital nears its close. It's the second encore. The thrilled and excited audience crowds into the aisles and as close to the stage as possible, where Holger Brandt is playing for the first time his own composition, Intermezzo. From his magic bow, the music Soars to the high dome of the hall, whispers along the walls. And then, all too soon, the concert ends.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen.

[Holger Brandt]

First let. How much I appreciate the reception you have given us here on our last concert in New York. My accompanist, Thomas Stenberg and I leave America for our home in Sweden. With the deepest gratitude for the warmth of your response to our performances. And now I should like to say a few words about something that for me saddens this happy evening. As I'm afraid it will you? Mr. Stenberg, will you come out here, please? Thomas. Thomas, come.

[Thomas Stenborg]

What are you thinking of?

[Holger Brandt]

Don't be a fool. It's time you took some of the bows. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Stenborg is more than my accompanist. He is my old friend. He is my collaborator, from whom I've learned much of whatever I know of music. And it's with the deepest regret that I must announce that after many years of travel and adventure together, I must henceforth go my way alone. Fenberg is leaving me to settle down to a well earned retirement. Will you join me in paying tribute to one of the finest musicians and more important, one of the finest men it has ever been my privilege to know.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Thank you.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Thank you told me you shouldn't have done this.

[Holger Brandt]

It's true, Thomas. Every word.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

But I thank you.

[Margaret Brandt]

Thank you.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I'll meet you in the wings.

[Holger Brandt]

And now. And now, if you'll permit. Permit us. We must run. You see, like so many of you, we are family men. And tonight a boat sails that will take us back to Stockholm. A boat that will take us home. Thomas.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Yes.

[Holger Brandt]

Thomas, this is a decision of yours. It's really final. You really to leave me and retire?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Yes. The time's come, Holger.

[Holger Brandt]

Won't you miss it all? The work, the crowds, the applause. All the world as we've had it.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Perhaps a little. But there's a great difference between us, Holger. You're indispensable to the world, and the world to you.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, let's have a drink.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Your flame leaps, Holger. At every breath of life. Some of us glow a while and aren't too regretful when the spark dies down and allows us to rest.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, there's one thing we always have in common, Thomas. Memories. Good memories.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

And the same old friends. Bark and Beethoven.

[Holger Brandt]

Old Thomas sitting by the fire with his slippers and his pipe. And my wife. Yes, of course, your wife. I shall be glad to see Margaret again too. And the children, it seems. Seems years since I Left them. You know, Thomas, you're right. The crowds, applause. They're like a drug. Like a habit that gets a stranglehold on your life. And you can't break it, except by total abstinence. Stay home, away from it all, and you'll find peace. I wish I could believe that with the same conviction I say it. Well, Anyway, Thomas, for 20 years of comradeship in the art, with both love and for your flawless friendship. Thank you.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Thank you. Holger.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Oh, Daddy.

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, come in, Holger.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Emma. Emma.

[Margaret Brandt]

Our wanderers. Home at last. Oh, welcome home, Mr. Bram.

[Holger Brandt]

Thank you, Emma. You've taken good care of everybody, I see.

[Margaret Brandt]

It's so good to have you back, sir.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Look, Daddy. Look who's here.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Carol.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Who's that?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

His name's Angus, Daddy. He's my dog.

[Holger Brandt]

Ah, so the family's grown since I've been away. How are you, Angus? Very happy to meet you, I'm sure. Well, he doesn't think very much of me. Do you know, Margot, there's better air to breathe in this very room than anywhere else on earth. I'd hardly believe I've been away. Nothing's changed.

[Margaret Brandt]

If anybody ever moved anything in here, even an inch. Mother always moved it right back again where you like. Oh, you had your own room to upset Eric. Eric's building a railroad upstairs. All good. Not a railroad, Mother. A rope hall. We're carrying Magnusite from the mines to the factory.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, I'd like to have a look at that.

[Margaret Brandt]

Well, it's not finished yet, dad.

[Holger Brandt]

Maybe I could help.

[Margaret Brandt]

No, I don't think so.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, Eric, I don't blame you, Daddy.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

I play the piano, Daddy. I take lessons.

[Holger Brandt]

Do you.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Do you want to hear me?

[Margaret Brandt]

A little later, darling. Daddy has so much to do.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Will you play your violin with me, Daddy?

[Holger Brandt]

I should say I will.

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, darling, take Angus upstairs, please.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

All right, but I'm coming straight down.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, Margaret.

[Margaret Brandt]

Welcome home, Holder.

[Holger Brandt]

Darling. If you know how orphan I feel at this moment.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Home.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

There.

[Holger Brandt]

There you are, young lady. What do you think of that?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

You played some wrong notes.

[Holger Brandt]

I did nothing of the kind.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Oh yes you did. It made me dizzy.

[Holger Brandt]

You mean this?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Yes, it's terrible.

[Holger Brandt]

Those are called dissonant cards, darling. You'll learn to play them too.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

No, I don't want to.

[Holger Brandt]

And you'll just be a very old fashioned musician.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

That's what I want to be.

[Anita Hoffman]

Good morning, Anne Marie.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Ms. Hoffman.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, I. I hope I haven't interrupted anything.

[Holger Brandt]

Not at all.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Daddy, this is Ms. Hoffman. She's my music teacher.

[Thomas Stenborg]

How do you do?

[Margaret Brandt]

How do you do?

[Holger Brandt]

I've been hearing a great deal about you, Ms. Hoffman. There's one thing I know for certain.

[Margaret Brandt]

Yes?

[Holger Brandt]

You've been teaching your pupil plenty of self confidence. She's been correcting me. She says I play false.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, Ann Marie. I wouldn't take that Criticism too hard, Mr. Brand. Anne Marie's very talented, but she. She may have been mistaken.

[Holger Brandt]

Let's hope so anyway. How long have you been teaching her?

[Anita Hoffman]

A little under a year. I hope it's been satisfactory. I'm hardly more than a pupil myself.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Oh?

[Holger Brandt]

With whom?

[Margaret Brandt]

With.

[Anita Hoffman]

With several teachers. But now that Mr. Stenberg has returned,

[Holger Brandt]

I'm hoping he'll take Stanbaugh. Well, you couldn't find anyone better. I'll see that he does take you.

[Margaret Brandt]

You will?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, thank you, Mr. Brown.

[Holger Brandt]

Not a bit. Now run along, Anne Marie. It must be time for your lesson.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes, it is. Come, Annmarie.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Bye, daddy.

[Holger Brandt]

Bye.

[Margaret Brandt]

Margaret.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Yeah?

[Margaret Brandt]

What are you thinking of?

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, nothing. Except Margett. It strikes me I'm something of a stranger here.

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[Margaret Brandt]

How can you say such a thing?

[Holger Brandt]

Well, little things that children make me realize it. Then it's natural that it should be that way.

[Margaret Brandt]

You've been away from it so much this last time for so long.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, I know. Margot. I'm going to do what Thomas has done. Settle down.

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, darling, when you're ready for that, you won't say it so desperately with that determined look in your eyes.

[Holger Brandt]

I suppose you're right. But Margot, you're coming away with me, darling. We'll go away together again. Everything will be just as it was in the beginning. We'll have a wonderful time.

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, how wonderful it was Missing trains and boats, Losing all our belongings and never carry you.

[Holger Brandt]

Remember the first time we went away like that? It was was winter here when we left. We crossed the Alps and suddenly it was spring. You said that the locust blooms in Capri was what made everybody sing there. You remember?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Yes.

[Margaret Brandt]

It's as if you were telling me a fairy tale once upon a time. Oh, but things are different now, Holger.

[Holger Brandt]

Why? Why are they different?

[Margaret Brandt]

We have a home.

[Holger Brandt]

It won't run away. And we'll come back to it and appreciate it all the more.

[Margaret Brandt]

The children.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, they can get along without you for a while.

[Thomas Stenborg]

It's good for children.

[Holger Brandt]

Children to learn to take care of themselves.

[Margaret Brandt]

Now, really, Holder, anne Marie's only 6. Oh, please, darling. Don't think I wouldn't love to go. But you don't realize that these things are my responsibilities just as well. Just as concerts and practice are yours.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, I. I suppose you're right.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Come on, Ms. Hoskins.

[Anita Hoffman]

Anne Marie, you mustn't.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Mommy. I've just thought of something, Anne Marie. Something important. Mommy.

[Margaret Brandt]

Yes, what is it, dear?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

May I invite Ms. Hoffman to my birthday party?

[Margaret Brandt]

Tell Ms. Hoffman that she's very welcome to your birthday party.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Ms. Hoffman, you are very welcome to my birthday party. We're going to have ice cream and cake.

[Anita Hoffman]

Well, I. I didn't really mean to.

[Margaret Brandt]

Anne Marie will be very disappointed if you don't come. And so will we.

[Anita Hoffman]

Very well. Thank you.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

That's settled. Now we can go on with the lesson. Come on, Ms. Hoffman. You'll like the ice cream and cake, Ms. Hoffman.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, I'm sure I will.

[Margaret Brandt]

You see, Holger, all these world shaking problems that keep me here. Well, I'm content to stay. To make this the place you'll want to come back to. Always. And that spring you spoke of.

[Anita Hoffman]

Well, that sort of thing comes only

[Margaret Brandt]

once in a lifetime. Let it be what it is, a memory. Who knows, we might perhaps have another spring. It's a lovely cake, isn't it?

[Thomas Stenborg]

How many candles?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Seven.

[Narrator/Announcer]

No, eight.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

One to grow on.

[Holger Brandt]

Ladies and gentlemen, a we are very privileged people.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Our hostess was told that she could

[Holger Brandt]

invite whom she liked for a birthday. And she asked for an entirely grown up party. Her father and mother, whom I think she felt she couldn't very well leave out. Her brother, the rising young engineer. Her godfather, Uncle Thomas. Her other godfather, Uncle Charles Mueller, my worthy business manager.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Thank you.

[Holger Brandt]

And her new friend and teacher, Ms. Anita Hoffman, whom we are happy to welcome in the family circle. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the health of our hostess with 70 times 7. Ms. Anne Marie Brandt.

[Margaret Brandt]

Happy birthday, darling.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Thank you,

[Thomas Stenborg]

Olga.

[Narrator/Announcer]

May I have a word with you, Charles? Olga.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Thomas is determined not to travel again.

[Holger Brandt]

I told you that.

[Thomas Stenborg]

So I've been very busy. I've been searching endlessly for a new accompanist. And I believe I've found one. Good. I want you to come to a piano recital with me next week. He's marvelous.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Farewell.

[Thomas Stenborg]

This man is exactly the one you need. I heard him lasten. What?

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Quiet.

[Holger Brandt]

Can that be Ms. Houghton?

[Thomas Stenborg]

I imagine so.

[Holger Brandt]

She's good. I didn't realize she could play.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Holgers. She's only a pupil. Wait till you hear this man. I play.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, yes, of course.

[Thomas Stenborg]

He's giving a recital Wednesday night. You'll come, Josh.

[Holger Brandt]

No, no, no. Quiet, please.

[Thomas Stenborg]

But you'll come? Yes, yes. Quiet.

[Holger Brandt]

I want to,

[Anita Hoffman]

Sam.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Well, Holger, what did you think of him? He would make a great accompaniment. He won't do.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, I tell you, it won't do.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

That's all there is to it.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Oh, well, I'll keep looking.

[Anita Hoffman]

I'm sorry.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, why. Miss Hartman.

[Margaret Brandt]

Mr. Brandt.

[Anita Hoffman]

Good evening, Mr. Miller.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Good evening.

[Holger Brandt]

How are this evening, Miss Hartman?

[Margaret Brandt]

Very well, thank you.

[Anita Hoffman]

Isn't Mrs. Brandt with you?

[Holger Brandt]

No. We had social opportunities. I'm a fugitive from a dull dinner party. Well, what do we do now? What would you say to a glass of wine somewhere?

[Anita Hoffman]

Well, I. I was just going home.

[Holger Brandt]

So was I. What about you, Charles?

[Thomas Stenborg]

No, no, leave me out. I'm ready for bed after all that highbrow music. Good night. Good night, Ms. Hoffman.

[Margaret Brandt]

Good night.

[Anita Hoffman]

Come on.

[Holger Brandt]

Let him go. Music wears him out. Must be a cafe nearby.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes, yes, there is a funny, stuffy little place down the street. Always crowded.

[Holger Brandt]

They have to put out the lights to get rid of the customers.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, you've been there.

[Holger Brandt]

Not in a long, long time. Just what we want. Come along.

[Anita Hoffman]

I adore the recital.

[Holger Brandt]

You did like it, didn't you? Yes. You know that look in your eye of someone who's made a feast of music.

[Anita Hoffman]

How I envy that pianist.

[Holger Brandt]

You'd like to do that, wouldn't you? Be on the concert stage. Tell you something. Tell you? I'd rather it had been you up there playing.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, you're not serious.

[Holger Brandt]

I certainly. Good heavens, I'm stupid. Why don't you accompany me?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

But.

[Anita Hoffman]

Accompany you?

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, yes, yes. On tour.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Take.

[Holger Brandt]

Take Thomas's place.

[Anita Hoffman]

No, you don't mean it.

[Holger Brandt]

I do. Why didn't I think of it the moment I heard you play? What Are you thinking? What do you say?

[Anita Hoffman]

No. No, I can't. I couldn't do it. Even if you. Even if you meant it.

[Holger Brandt]

Why couldn't you?

[Anita Hoffman]

No. Mr. Stanworth would never forgive me if I gave up my studies.

[Holger Brandt]

Thomas would approve completely. He knows how desperately I need an accompanist. And he'd be delighted that you'd take Ms. Glenn.

[Anita Hoffman]

No, but please try to understand. Don't you think it's best for me to stay and work as hard as I can for a scholarship? A scholarship in the Royal Academy? There is a chance.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, I didn't know. Yes, of course. You should stay and continue your study. Is

[Anita Hoffman]

that you would even consider me?

[Holger Brandt]

Yes. Yes. You're profoundly honored and very grateful.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, I am, really.

[Holger Brandt]

I understand. We'll say no more about it. You know, I'd forgotten about places like this. The haven of the rising musicians. The look one sees in all those faces. Yet it seems scarcely any time at all since I sat here with just such boys and girls, remaking the whole world to suit ourselves, just as they're doing now.

[Anita Hoffman]

I'd like to have known you then.

[Holger Brandt]

Probably wouldn't. I was poor and awkward, much too earnest and worked too hard. All in all, not a very fetching fellow. I don't believe you.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Everyone here.

[Holger Brandt]

Each one of these boys and girls expects to set the world on fire.

[Anita Hoffman]

Perhaps one or two may do it.

[Holger Brandt]

Perhaps it'll be you.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Oh,

[Anita Hoffman]

please don't laugh at what I'm going to say.

[Holger Brandt]

Why should I?

[Anita Hoffman]

Well, since I first began to care about music. Oh, it does seem so strange.

[Holger Brandt]

Tell me what?

[Anita Hoffman]

I had only one idea. For years I saved every penny I could to be able to buy some kind of a seat in the concert hall whenever you played.

[Holger Brandt]

It's nice of you to tell me that.

[Anita Hoffman]

Nice of me? Think of my being able to tell it to you. That's what I can't get over. Here I am talking to you as if. Well, as if you were an old friend.

[Holger Brandt]

I am a friend.

[Margaret Brandt]

But just a little while ago I

[Anita Hoffman]

looked at you from such a great distance. And now.

[Margaret Brandt]

You don't know how fantastic it seems

[Anita Hoffman]

to me to be here at this moment.

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[Holger Brandt]

No, no. Now don't drink that. Just ordinary wine.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Wait.

[Holger Brandt]

Waiter, A bottle of your very best vintage champagne.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Yes, sir.

[Holger Brandt]

For that state of mind described as being in awe of someone, there's no quicker corrective. Good champagne. Two glasses and in 20 minutes strangers have shared a rich and happy past. You know, Anita, there comes a night each year when one senses that Winter is suddenly over.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes, Spring has come. How I look forward to it through the dreary month.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Look.

[Holger Brandt]

Look down at the river. The ice. There's the winter all broken. Rushing out to see you. Wonderful. Final journey. Spring comes and makes you a present of all the world. Tells you that there's nothing you couldn't do or be. You ever feel that way?

[Anita Hoffman]

Tonight I do. Tonight I. I don't think I could bear anything. Perhaps it's only the champagne.

[Holger Brandt]

You know what you remind me of?

[Anita Hoffman]

No.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Tell me.

[Holger Brandt]

A Viennese waltz. Smiling but melancholy. A melody of the days when Vienna was a happy city.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, what a poet you are.

[Holger Brandt]

A twilight. And spring music poured through the cafe doors. Youth. Melodies of youth. It was there that I saw you. You for the first time.

[Anita Hoffman]

Phantom of the Viennese wall.

[Holger Brandt]

No, no, I'm wrong. It wasn't there. It wasn't there at all that I met you. It was in Budapest on a summer night. And they were playing the Rustle of Spring.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That.

[Holger Brandt]

That was you.

[Anita Hoffman]

What are you thinking of?

[Holger Brandt]

I'm listening. There's something coming. I don't know what.

[Anita Hoffman]

Spring, perhaps. Spring.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, perhaps.

[Margaret Brandt]

Hi.

[Anita Hoffman]

Hi. It's getting cold.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Now.

[Holger Brandt]

It's coming. The spring storm.

[Anita Hoffman]

I. I must go home. Good night and thank you.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita Anit.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Our stars, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton will be back in a moment with act two of Intermezzo. Now here's Mrs. White.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Yoo hoo.

[Margaret Brandt]

I've got a surprise. And I've saved enough gas to drive us up to the hospital today.

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Oh, aren't you wonderful? Saving us nurses aid the little footwork. I'll take full advantage of the little. Do you mind dropping me at the butcher's a minute? I want to take these two cans of fat in.

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, are you still saving fat even with the war in Europe over?

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Oh, Madge dear, aren't you with the war in the Pacific at its height,

[Margaret Brandt]

why is it really so necessary?

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Now, my dear, I heard a government speaker say the other day that our supply of fats and oils are at their lowest since 1940. Think of that. And then he told us military and government requirements are at their highest. But Ann, you know how little fat

[Margaret Brandt]

we have left over these days with practically no meat.

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Madge, dear, you just have to save all the harder. They say the government depends on U.S. housewives alone to turn in 100 million more pounds of used fats than in 1944. You know, the Pacific area used to be our chief source of fats and oils.

[Margaret Brandt]

Well, Ann, tell me where to get the fat and I'll save All right,

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Madge, do you render every scrap of solid fat from what meat you do have? It's easy to melt it down in the oven and then there's a skimming from soup or stews and the black burnt fat from the roasting pan. Even two tablespoons a day adds up. And you can surely use those two red points you get for every pound you turn in.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes, with less fats in the market and the need still greater, it's up to all of us to save every teaspoonful. Here are a few of the essential things your used fats are needed for to help make battlefront medicines synthetic rubber coatings for military tanks and fabrics civilian and military soaps and paints. Remember, even though the war in Europe has ceased, our boys in the Pacific can't let down for a minute. They need your help, and here's one important way you can give it Keep a tin can on the back of the stove each day. Save every drop of used fats from your kitchen. Rush the can to your butcher when it's full. He'll give you two red ration points and four cents for every pound you turn in. Your government tells you the need is still desperate, so won't you remember your help is very necessary indeed. We now return you to hal Wallace,

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Act 2 of Intermezzo, starring Ingrid Bergman as Anita and Joseph Cotton as Holger Brandt.

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[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

The weeks pass and the friendship of Anita and Holger has turned into something far deeper. Now the spring has really come at last. In Thomas Stenborg's home, Anita sits at the piano. All the hopelessness of her love is expressed in the only way she knows. Through music. Stenborg comes quietly into the room and stands behind her, a trace of worry on his face.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Aren't you giving it too much importance? You were going at it as if it were the climax of a tremendous symphony.

[Anita Hoffman]

I wasn't conscious of it. Mr. Stanberg. I'm thinking you're going away.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Are you really? For long?

[Anita Hoffman]

I've been invited to visit relatives in Denmark. I can stay as long as I wish.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I see. They won't divert you too much. You'll be able to study if I like. Don't talk as if that weren't important. You've applied for that scholarship, you know.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes. Yes, of course. I'll try to study by myself.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Little Anne Marie will have to find someone else teacher.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

And so you are running away from it all. From him.

[Anita Hoffman]

I thought you must have known.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Yes, well, perhaps it's best that way. Life sometimes moves in strange ways to give us experience. And often this experience is gained only through our greatest mistakes.

[Anita Hoffman]

I thought I was going straight to my goal, thinking of nothing but my work. And now I can't explain it to you.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Don't try. Nothing is altogether dependable. Not the weather, destiny, nor ourselves. Will this be our last lesson?

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes. If you'll excuse me, I think I ought to go and see Mrs. Brant.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Certainly. Do that,

[Narrator/Announcer]

Anita.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

You're waiting for me to say something very wise and helpful. But I'll say to you only what I say to myself when things seem too difficult. Courage, my friend. Courage.

[Margaret Brandt]

Just a moment, please. I'm coming. Oh, Miss Hoffman.

[Anita Hoffman]

Hello, Emma.

[Margaret Brandt]

Well, you're very early, Miss Hoffman. Anne Marie is out playing.

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

I'll call her.

[Anita Hoffman]

No, no, please don't. May I see Mrs. Brandt?

[Margaret Brandt]

Well, I think she's upstairs. I'll go and see her. Thank you.

[Anita Hoffman]

I'll.

[Margaret Brandt]

I'll wait. Oh, Emma said that. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I startle you?

[Anita Hoffman]

I didn't hear you come in. I was. I was admiring Mr. Brandt's filing.

[Margaret Brandt]

You show it far more reverence than he does, my dear. Please sit down.

[Anita Hoffman]

Thank you.

[Margaret Brandt]

Emma said you wanted to see me.

[Anita Hoffman]

I wanted to tell you that. That I can't go on giving lessons to Anne Marie. Oh, why not? I have been called to Denmark. I have relatives there, and they have asked me.

[Margaret Brandt]

But just that is Ms. Hoffman. You work with Mr. Stenborg. It seems such a shame now to be Able to continue.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes, I know.

[Margaret Brandt]

I know.

[Anita Hoffman]

I'm not happy about it.

[Margaret Brandt]

But we were all very impressed the night you played for us here with my husband.

[Anita Hoffman]

But I'm afraid I had no choice, Mrs. Brent. I'm sorry. Little Anne Marie has come to mean very much to me.

[Margaret Brandt]

And you to her. I'm afraid she'll be very upset.

[Anita Hoffman]

Will you tell her for me, please? Of course. I'll explain why. Goodbye, Mrs. Mrs. Brand. Goodbye, Ms. Hoffman.

[Margaret Brandt]

I'm sure you're doing what's right. And I hope that all goes well with you.

[Anita Hoffman]

You've been very kind.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita. Anita. Here I thought you were never coming. You see, you've spoiled me by always being on time.

[Anita Hoffman]

There was someone I had to see. Holker.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, that sounds very serious. Someone I had to see. Is there anything wrong, Anita?

[Anita Hoffman]

Nothing. May I have a glass of wine?

[Holger Brandt]

Something has gone wrong. Tell me, please. Please. You're frightening me.

[Anita Hoffman]

But I am frightened. You must realize how I feel. It can't go on like this. It simply can't go on. Don't you, Stephen?

[Holger Brandt]

Now, why have you upset yourself now?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, all along I've been miserable. Hating this kind of thing. Always meeting you like this. In out of the way places, little dark corners. Sneaking about in fear of being seen.

[Holger Brandt]

It's not the way I'd like it to be.

[Anita Hoffman]

How else could we go on seeing each other? I'm ashamed. And I hate being ashamed.

[Holger Brandt]

We've had a few hours of happiness, of friendship. They've been beautiful. Nothing. Nothing to be ashamed of.

[Anita Hoffman]

Look in the mirror. There on the wall. How do we look to you?

[Holger Brandt]

Don't be so dramatic.

[Anita Hoffman]

But you don't like it any more than I do. We. Look what we feel. Two guilty people.

[Holger Brandt]

Is it a crime for me to love you, Anita?

[Anita Hoffman]

Why did it have to be the way it is? If only we hadn't met.

[Holger Brandt]

Do you really wish we hadn't?

[Thomas Stenborg]

Yes.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes. Yes, now I do. I haven't any right to be happy the way I am. Happy when I'm with you.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, and me too.

[Anita Hoffman]

No, no, no, I can't. Listen, you'll go on justifying. I know. I am fighting to be sensible.

[Holger Brandt]

Sensible? It's a word seldom used in love. Love isn't sensible.

[Anita Hoffman]

Olga, there are some things I can't bring myself to say.

[Holger Brandt]

I know, I know. I have a home. I have children. I'm a respected, responsible man. But as I sit here looking at you, I know only one thing.

[Anita Hoffman]

I do too. We must end it. We've got to stop Seeing each other.

[Holger Brandt]

Can we?

[Anita Hoffman]

We must. We can't go on lying to ourselves and to people who trust us. It's impossible.

[Margaret Brandt]

Unbearable.

[Holger Brandt]

We just say goodbye and stop seeing each other. That's very simple, isn't it?

[Anita Hoffman]

We've got to find the strength for it.

[Holger Brandt]

You're right. Goodbye, Anita.

[Anita Hoffman]

No. Oh, no. No, no. Not here. Not. Not sitting like this.

[Margaret Brandt]

No.

[Holger Brandt]

Let's get out.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Let's walk,

[Holger Brandt]

Anita.

[Anita Hoffman]

The days are so long now, aren't they?

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Yes.

[Anita Hoffman]

You know. You know that there used to be a shop near here. I always stop to look in all kinds of funny lost things in the window here. Here it is.

[Holger Brandt]

What a strange collection of things. Look. Look at that curious clock.

[Anita Hoffman]

I'm going, Harba. I'm going now. Quickly, as if it didn't matter. Don't kiss me. Don't say anything. Don't turn around.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

No.

[Anita Hoffman]

Goodbye, Holger. Goodbye, Anita.

[Margaret Brandt]

Would you like something, Holger? Brandy or coffee?

[Holger Brandt]

No, no, thank you.

[Margaret Brandt]

Is everything all right?

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, of course.

[Margaret Brandt]

I had a rather difficult time with Ann Marie today. She's very upset about Ms. Hoffman leaving.

[Holger Brandt]

Leaving?

[Margaret Brandt]

Didn't you know? She was here today to tell us she's going to Denmark. She. He won't be back for a long time.

[Holger Brandt]

I see.

[Margaret Brandt]

Have you found an accompanist yet?

[Holger Brandt]

No, no. It's all. Not definite yet.

[Margaret Brandt]

But you're leaving on another tour soon?

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, I'll be leaving soon.

[Margaret Brandt]

Will you be away long?

[Holger Brandt]

I don't know. I can't say, Holger.

[Margaret Brandt]

I want to go along this time.

[Holger Brandt]

To go along?

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, yes, yes. I can arrange everything here. I want to be with you on the tour, as you asked me before. We will go back, have some of those wonderful, irresponsible days. Be together in strange places as we used to be. I. I still want something of life. I don't want to be left behind. Does that sound vain and frivolous coming from me? Oh, Holga, can't we do it? Wouldn't you like? I see you're answering me. You might just as well be saying it. I know what it is.

[Holger Brandt]

Margaret, I must talk to you.

[Margaret Brandt]

No, no, never mind. Just forget what I say.

[Holger Brandt]

Margaret, we must talk. Now. Listen to me.

[Margaret Brandt]

Hello, dad. Hello, Mother. Oh, come in. There. Did you ask him for me, Mother? No, I. I forgot. Eric. Nick wants to go and see a picture this evening. Holger, I've done all my lessons. Is it all right, dad? It's a good movie.

[Holger Brandt]

Certainly you could.

[Margaret Brandt]

Could you let me have some money?

[Holger Brandt]

Here. Thanks, Marget. I Am. I'm sorry? More than I can.

[Margaret Brandt]

Mother, Something's wrong. With dad?

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes.

[Margaret Brandt]

What if? Is it Mother? You were talking when I came in. What's the matter? Eric, go upstairs, darling. There's nothing we can do. Nothing.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita. Anita, wait.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

You can.

[Holger Brandt]

I can't face it. I can't face being without you.

[Margaret Brandt]

We promised each other.

[Holger Brandt]

Is it so easy as that? Can you just get on a train and ride away from me? What you believe would haunt you, haunt both of us, the rest of our lives.

[Anita Hoffman]

You're not being fair. It's no easier for me.

[Holger Brandt]

This very moment, it's being decided. And either life with you or a life alone.

[Anita Hoffman]

You are not alone, Haldritz. I'm alone.

[Holger Brandt]

We're both alone. I've broken with my past. With everything. I have no home any longer.

[Anita Hoffman]

You couldn't help?

[Margaret Brandt]

I.

[Anita Hoffman]

What? What did you say to her? To your wife?

[Holger Brandt]

She couldn't have borne the lies any more than I could. I know her. And anyway, she already knew the truth. She told me first. Really?

[Margaret Brandt]

How?

[Anita Hoffman]

How could you hurt her like that?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Come on.

[Anita Hoffman]

What will happen now?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Albert hall, london may 3 holger brandt

[Thomas Stenborg]

violinist accompanist anita hoffman.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Concert holland, vienna holger brandt accompanies frulein anita hoffman.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Conservatoire de paris olga brandt mademoiselle anita hoffman.

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[Holger Brandt]

Well, now, what do you think? Four encores.

[Anita Hoffman]

I think the audience told the truth. You play better than I have ever heard you play before.

[Holger Brandt]

I wonder why. And you. You surpassed yourself too.

[Anita Hoffman]

That's no mystery. Oh, Holger, I love you.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, that's what they heard tonight when I played.

[Anita Hoffman]

I hope it's true that I've helped you a little. But it's not only that.

[Holger Brandt]

Only what?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, what am I? You're a shadow. I don't exist without you.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, you're not a shadow, my darling. Don't talk nonsense.

[Anita Hoffman]

It's enough. It's enough.

[Margaret Brandt]

Yes.

[Anita Hoffman]

Let me be with you like this. That's all I ask.

[Holger Brandt]

Will that be enough? Always?

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes, always.

[Holger Brandt]

Last, kind sir. We can rest a while now.

[Anita Hoffman]

It's been the greatest happiness I've ever known. The greatest I'll ever know, I'm sure.

[Holger Brandt]

How can you be sure of that?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, such happiness. Happiness couldn't come more than once in one's life. I know it couldn't, could it?

[Holger Brandt]

Olga, Anita, let's not speculate on happiness. Here we are, and work is over for a while.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, I was forgetting. We must go home now.

[Holger Brandt]

Home without a holiday. No. I thought a few weeks on the Riviera, away from the crowds owed me to the place I know on a hill overlooking the sea. Now listen. Listen to me. Listen to me. You are only to be with me, to be near me. Well, that's all I ask, too. To know that I can see you, that I can call your name and you'll be near. That's all

[Anita Hoffman]

My damn. Oh, my damn.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We pause now. This is cbs, the Columbia Broadcasting System. In just a moment, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton will return in Act 3 of Intermezzo. Meanwhile, a boy, his girl and a summer shower. Gosh, here it comes. Let's make a dash for that big tree over there.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Here goes. Oh, my, is it raining?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, it's dry right here anyway.

[Margaret Brandt]

Goodness, I must be a sight. Look at my hair. I can wring the water out of it.

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Even my.

[Margaret Brandt]

My face is sopping.

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Oh, where's my handkerchief?

[Narrator/Announcer]

You look like a half drowned wood nymph. Honest you do. Here, let me help you dry off with a man sized handkerchief.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Mmm.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

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[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

We continue with Act 3 of Intermezzo, starring Joseph Cotton as Holger Brandt and Ingrid Bergman as an. In a tiny town on the shore of the Mediterranean, a rustic inn overlooks the sea. In this place of enchantment, Holger and Anita are happier than they've ever been in all their lives. As they walk now, they pause at the ruins of an old chateau and the tumbled wall that once stood around it.

[Margaret Brandt]

It. Oh, lovely too. So unreal it plays in a dream.

[Holger Brandt]

Hur you know why we walked here why to. Look at this wall.

[Anita Hoffman]

An old stone wall, crumbling away and covered with ivy.

[Holger Brandt]

I was here once before. The abbey wasn't so thick then. Underneath, look. Cut into the rock, is a carving. Oh, see? The carving of a broken shield.

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[Anita Hoffman]

Yes, there it is. The words, man amour dure pray, L',

[Holger Brandt]

amour, my love endures after death. That was written for us in Eton. For anyone on earth who will ever feel as we do. Now.

[Anita Hoffman]

Let's go back to bed.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Yes.

[Thomas Stenborg]

This letter. It was at the village.

[Margaret Brandt]

Thank you.

[Thomas Stenborg]

I looked also for a piano.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Alas, there is only a pipe organ

[Anita Hoffman]

with five pipes absent.

[Margaret Brandt]

Oh, good, good. I didn't want to play anyway.

[Anita Hoffman]

My dear Anita, the Royal Academy of Music has awarded you the Jenny lin Scholarship for 1939. This is a great achievement. I hope you will not let anything interfere with the fulfillment of the bright future now within your reach. Faithfully, Thomas Denbart.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Holger. Holger. Holger.

[Holger Brandt]

What's all the excitement?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Look.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

What is it?

[Holger Brandt]

If it's an invitation, don't think I'll let you out of my sight. Not for a single minute. Oh, well, aren't you going to tell me?

[Anita Hoffman]

No, no.

[Mrs. White (Nurse)]

Not now.

[Anita Hoffman]

Anyway, it's nothing to get excited about. I'm starving. Dinner is ready, isn't it?

[Holger Brandt]

Is the letter important?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

No.

[Holger Brandt]

You'd rather be mysterious.

[Anita Hoffman]

Well, I don't want to make you jealous. It's from Thomas.

[Holger Brandt]

All from Thomas. And filled with recriminations, I suppose. What do you have to say?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, he was just writing to me.

[Holger Brandt]

Not about the weather?

[Anita Hoffman]

No. Oh, Holger, it's only. Only that I was awarded the scholarship.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Only.

[Holger Brandt]

Were you gonna hide that from me? Why?

[Anita Hoffman]

I don't want the scholarship now. I'm not taking it.

[Holger Brandt]

I see. And what does Thomas advise now?

[Anita Hoffman]

Please, let's forget it. It's so pleasant out here. What's that fragrance? Mimosa.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita?

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes?

[Holger Brandt]

Where is the letter? Let me read it.

[Margaret Brandt]

No, no, no, Holger.

[Anita Hoffman]

Let's pretend it never came.

[Holger Brandt]

Look now, Anita, don't.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Don't.

[Margaret Brandt]

There, there. It's all gone.

[Anita Hoffman]

That's how I feel about the letter. About any word or thought that could come between us.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Mr. Brand? Mr. Brandt?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes?

[Thomas Stenborg]

There's a gentleman here to see you. Where?

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Who is it?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

It is I, Holger.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Thomas.

[Holger Brandt]

Where did you come from?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I took the chance to find.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, it's good to see you, Thomas.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I. I thought of writing and I decided I'd better come.

[Holger Brandt]

Is something wrong?

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Wrong?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Holger, I'll be here Only for a little while. Overnight.

[Holger Brandt]

Overnight?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I have have to go back. Really?

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, don't be ridiculous. We can talk about it tomorrow. We've planned some mountain climbing, a picnic. You must join us, Thomas.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Holger. You're enjoying it here?

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, yes, it's perfect. Cut off from the world. The kind of life I never thought I'd have. What news of my family? Come.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

That's what I'd come about.

[Holger Brandt]

They're all well?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Quite well. I have a message for you from Anne Marie. She'd like you to bring her up when you come home.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, I. I will, Holger.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I have some papers with me.

[Holger Brandt]

Papers?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Divorce papers.

[Holger Brandt]

Oh, yeah. Yes, of course.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I asked Margaret to let me bring them. I thought I might prevail on you to sign them.

[Holger Brandt]

Certainly. I. I'll sign them later.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Why not do it now, Holger, and get it over with?

[Holger Brandt]

Thomas, you're my best friend. You don't have to use velvet gloves with me. Speak your mind. You think I've acted pretty badly, don't you?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

It's easy to criticize. I don't pretend I can account for someone else's feelings. Won't you sign these now?

[Holger Brandt]

Do you think it's as easy as all that, Thomas, to cut off the best part of your life, tear out the last roots?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I thought you had done that long ago.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes, perhaps I did.

[Margaret Brandt]

Paul, get that? You. I. Mr. Stenbaugh.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Hello, Anita.

[Anita Hoffman]

But this is wonderful.

[Margaret Brandt]

When did you get here?

[Anita Hoffman]

Have you seen Holger?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Yes. How well you look. How are you, my dear? Happy.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, but of course. I'm divinely happy.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Oh, this country is very beautiful.

[Anita Hoffman]

Yes. You must come with us tomorrow and

[Margaret Brandt]

see the sunrise, Holger and I.

[Anita Hoffman]

And perhaps we'll bring Marianne.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Marianne?

[Margaret Brandt]

Yes. Yes, she.

[Anita Hoffman]

She's a little girl here. The innkeeper's daughter. Holger has grown very fond of her. You see, he misses Anne Marie.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Did you think he wouldn't?

[Anita Hoffman]

I've tried not to think of it at all. I've tried to pretend there was no

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

past and no future. Oh, it seems a very long time since I heard Holger play. By the way, let me congratulate you on your scholarship. You must be very happy.

[Anita Hoffman]

I don't want it. It means nothing to me now.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

But it meant everything to you once. Anita, my dear, you have great talent. It saddens me to think it will be wasted.

[Anita Hoffman]

If I can only be with Holger, nothing else matters.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

And Holger? Does he feel the same way?

[Anita Hoffman]

Do you. Do you Think he's unhappy with me? Do you think he can't forget the past?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

A man. Man's past is never past. His roots are deep in the things that have made him what he is.

[Anita Hoffman]

But he loves me. I know we can be happy.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Do you? I wonder if anyone has ever built happiness on the unhappiness of others.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Oh.

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, no.

[Margaret Brandt]

No.

[Anita Hoffman]

Everything's wrong.

[Margaret Brandt]

My whole life. Everything.

[Anita Hoffman]

What shall I do?

[Margaret Brandt]

What?

[Holger Brandt]

What shall they.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

That's not for me to say. You must make your own decision. Whatever it may be, I know it will be the right decision.

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[Holger Brandt]

Kadita, Thomas, hurry down here. Have you forgotten the picnic, Anita?

[Margaret Brandt]

In a moment, Holger.

[Anita Hoffman]

Mr. Stenberg, are you going on the picnic?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

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[Anita Hoffman]

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[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

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[Anita Hoffman]

There's a crane leaving here in an hour. My dear, when you and Holger come back, I shall be gone.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

You're sure? It's best that way. You're not doing it only because of what I said.

[Anita Hoffman]

We both know where Holger belongs. I am. Well, say. I've been an intermezzo in his life. Anita, you gave me a good word once. Courage. I'm trying to remember it. I'm trying.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita, come along. Aren't you ready yet?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, yeah. I'm not coming.

[Margaret Brandt]

Not coming?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Why not?

[Anita Hoffman]

No, I didn't sleep.

[Margaret Brandt]

I think.

[Anita Hoffman]

I think I have a cold coming.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I'll wait for you outside.

[Holger Brandt]

Anita, shall we postpone?

[Margaret Brandt]

No, no, no.

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[Holger Brandt]

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[Anita Hoffman]

Goodbye.

[Holger Brandt]

H. You don't like my French?

[Margaret Brandt]

H. Away. Your.

[Anita Hoffman]

Your hat. You know, you never wear that one proper.

[Holger Brandt]

You fix it?

[Anita Hoffman]

Oh, yes.

[Holger Brandt]

Now am I perfect?

[Anita Hoffman]

Goodbye, Holger. Goodbye, darling. We've been pretending and hoping too long, Holger. Pretending that what we had was splendid and good, Holgate. Hoping that we could make it so. But we know in our hearts that love like ours is wrong. That it drags itself down with remorse and fear and the unhappiness of others. And so I'm going away. And God bless you. Holiday take you someday safely home.

[Holger Brandt]

So I am going away. God bless you, Hoka. And take you someday safely home. You did this, Thomas. She's gone. Are you satisfied now? You knew it, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me it was she who decided. She alone gone.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

You're not going after her, are you? No. No.

[Holger Brandt]

Perhaps she was right when she said it. Only into mezzo in my life. It's over. Then you'll come home with me. Home? Do you think I could crawl back to Margaret now Just because I'm alone with nothing, Nobody? I haven't a home, a wife, children. I haven't any right to them after what I've done to them. That's my punishment, Thomas.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

And I can't escape.

[Holger Brandt]

You have been away so long. My friend Anne Marie keeps asking for you. I have said to her, when spring comes, he will surely return. Holga, come home. Your friend, Thomas.

[Margaret Brandt]

Olga. Olga.

[Holger Brandt]

How are you? Thomas?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I knew you'd come. I knew it.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Come along.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

I'll get a cab. You must stay with me. Of course.

[Holger Brandt]

Thomas, wait.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Please.

[Holger Brandt]

Don't be offended. You. You see, I haven't come home to stay. I, I. I just wanted to see Anne Marie. I brought the camera she wanted and. Please, Thomas, let me go along.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

If you wish it, Hulk.

[Holger Brandt]

Thank you.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Goodbye.

[Holger Brandt]

Thomas Capson.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, yes.

[Holger Brandt]

There's a school on the Voxam Road. Take me there, please.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Right over there, Driver.

[Holger Brandt]

Just wait here for me, please.

[Thomas Stenborg]

Yes, sir.

[Holger Brandt]

Anne Marie. Anne Marie. Oh, Anne Marie.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Daddy.

[Holger Brandt]

Wait there, darling.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'll be right over.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Daddy.

[Holger Brandt]

Don't cross the street, dear.

[Anne Marie Brandt]

Daddy. Daddy. Daddy.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Anne Marie, be careful. Look out for the car.

[Margaret Brandt]

Look out.

[Holger Brandt]

Ann Marie. Let me through, please.

[Margaret Brandt]

I told the children never to cross the street. I told them.

[Holger Brandt]

Anne Marie. Anne Marie. Send it to my house.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'm her father. Hurry,

[Holger Brandt]

Margot. Margaret. Tell me, how is she? What does the doctor say?

[Margaret Brandt]

Doesn't know. She's very badly hurt.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

She.

[Holger Brandt]

She tried to run to me. I called, but. Margaret. I know I had no right to come here, but May I stay for a while?

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Just till.

[Holger Brandt]

Just till we know.

[Margaret Brandt]

Yes. Well, there. There are so many things I'm doing.

[Holger Brandt]

Anne Marie. Anne Marie. Oh, God.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Please.

[Holger Brandt]

We shall soon know.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Eric.

[Holger Brandt]

Eric, look at me. Talk to me. I've been away so long.

[Margaret Brandt]

You left Mother in us. And I want you to know that I'll never forgive you, even if everybody else does.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Eric, you don't know what it's been

[Margaret Brandt]

like here all this time. You haven't seen Mother crying every night and hiding it well. Now we've learned to do without you. Why did you come back at all? We don't need you anymore.

[Holger Brandt]

Eric Drake. Listen to me, please. You know, when we're young, we expect the people we love to behave like gods. Most of all our fathers, I suppose. And then as we grow older, we learn that none of us are gods. We're all human. Tragically human. And that we, all of us, make right up to the very end of our lives. You'll learn that one day. And when you do, you'll also know that what it is to forgive. Perhaps even your father. See, Eric, It's I who need you now. Mr. Brandt. Oh, doctor. Doctor. Tell me.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Your little girl.

[Holger Brandt]

She'll live, Mr. Brandt. She'll be all right. Oh, say it again, please. She will be well again in time. Thank you. Thank you.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

You'd better rest. The nurse will do everything.

[Holger Brandt]

I'll be back at noon. She'll live, Eric. You'll have your sister again. Goodbye. Goodbye, my son.

[Margaret Brandt]

Holgate. Holger, wait.

[Holger Brandt]

Yes?

[Margaret Brandt]

Don't go. Please.

[Holger Brandt]

Margaret.

[Margaret Brandt]

Anne Marie is asking for you. She wants you to stay. And so do I.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You want me to stay?

[Margaret Brandt]

Life renews itself, Holger. Things die. I am a born again in the spring. Our love can live again if we want it to.

[Holger Brandt]

Will you let me try? Will you let me try?

[Margaret Brandt]

Welcome home, Hogan. Oh, welcome home, my darling Margaret.

[Holger Brandt]

Home.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

That well earned applause deserves a curtain call. And here are tonight's stars as they are in real life. Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, you ought to take a bow too, Hal. A producer whose pictures have won 27 Academy Awards.

[Anita Hoffman]

Plus being a two time winner of the Irving Thalway Award.

[Thomas Stenborg]

That's something.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Well, thank you both, but I've been in the business a long time.

[Holger Brandt]

Out of the 400 or so pictures that you've made, Hal, which would be your favorite?

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Well, it's hard to say, Joe. Right now I'm interested in you Came along my latest production for Paramount.

[Holger Brandt]

Plenty of moviegoers share that interest, Hal. They hear it's great.

[Anita Hoffman]

Tell me, Joe, how did Hal treat you when you were working for him?

[Holger Brandt]

Pretty good, Ingrid. But we're from the same fraternity.

[Anita Hoffman]

Fraternity?

[Holger Brandt]

Yes. He was a salesman once, like I was.

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That's right, Ingrid. Before I came to Hollywood, I used to sell electrical equipment.

[Anita Hoffman]

How does that help you to become a producer?

[Holger Brandt]

It prepares you for the shocks. Did you ever sell anything, Ingrid?

[Margaret Brandt]

No.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

With that complexion. She's a walking salesman for Lux toilets, though.

[Thomas Stenborg (alternate or continuation)]

Oh, thank you.

[Holger Brandt]

Well, she gives it some good material to work on. Tell us, Hal, what's scheduled for next week?

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Next Monday night we bring you a favorite star in a new exciting role hailed by critics as his finest. Dick Powell in RKO's crime thriller Murder My Sweet. He's co starred with Claire Trevor in the role she played so ably on the screen. With them we have June Dupre and Mike Mazurki as the relentless sleuth who uncovers the most exciting mystery in many moons. Dick Powell, I guarantee, will keep you rooted to your seats.

[Holger Brandt]

Sounds like a thrilling evening, Hal. Good night.

[Hal Wallace (Producer/Host)]

Good night, Good night and many thanks.

[Holger Brandt]

For Intermezzo,

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